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Investors are 'TACO' trading in US markets

Shares were mixed this morning following the postponement of 50% duties on European Union shipments to the US.

Government bond yields have soared on the 19-country currency bloc's periphery since the ECB unveiled plans last Thursday to raise interest rates in July and September

ECB to devise tool to help indebted euro zone members

The European Central Bank will skew reinvestments of maturing debt to help more indebted members and will devise a new instrument to stop fragmentation, it said today, seeking to temper a market rout that has fanned fears a new debt crisis.

Business • 15 Jun 22

NTMA's Anthony Linehan concerned about the impact of Brexit on primary dealers

Brexit impact on primary dealers a major concern - NTMA

The UK's withdrawal from the European Union and its impact on primary dealers in government bond markets is a big concern for euro zone governments.

Business • 20 Jun 18

Greece will sell a new five-year bond and conclude an offer to switch or tender old bonds maturing in 2019

Greece's bond market return pushes borrowing costs down

Greece's government borrowing costs are near their lowest level since 2010 today as the country seeks to end a three-year exile from financial markets.

Business • 25 Jul 17

The morning business news with Adam Maguire

Greece attempts to sell 5-year bond in market return

Greece will today attempt to sell a five-year bond - marking its first return to the debt markets in three years.

Business • 25 Jul 17

The Russian authorities ceased bond market operations after the first Western sanctions were imposed on Moscow due to its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014

Russia returns to bond markets following sanctions

Russia has announced its return to the international bond markets for the first time since the West slapped it with sanctions over its role in the Ukraine conflict.

Business • 23 May 16

Greece sells €3 billion of bonds in return to market

Greece makes successful return to bond markets

Greece returned to the bond market today with yield-hungry investors rushing to buy its debt in a €3 billion deal that could mark the beginning of the end of its bailout.

Business • 10 Apr 14

Lisbon's adherence to its bailout conditions has allowed it to pass successive reviews carried out by the international creditors

Portugal urged to exit bailout without buffer

Portugal's creditors are not only expecting the country to exit its massive bailout on May 17, but urging it to do so without a safety net.

Business • 11 Mar 14

NTMA reaches target amount of T-Bill sales at today's auction

Ireland sells €500m of Treasury Bills

The National Treasury Management Agency said it sold €500m of Irish Treasury Bills at auction today, which was its target amount.

News • 21 Feb 13

Bank ready to act in bond markets - Noyer

A member of the European Central Bank's governing council has said the bank should soon be ready to intervene in bond markets.

Business • 09 Aug 12

NTMA sets out plan to re-enter bond markets

The National Treasury Management Agency has released its plan to re-enter the international bond markets.

News • 19 Jul 12

Ireland raises €500m at bond markets

The National Treasury Management Agency has successfully raised €500m in an auction of three-month treasury Bills.

News • 05 Jul 12

Benefits of extending terms of loans considered

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the Government has been working to extend the repayment schedule of bailout loans.

Business • 18 Jun 12

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